IT spending for 2015 anemic amid digital shift, says Gartner

ORLANDO — Information technology budgets for 2015 are expected to expand about 1 percent from 2014 even as chief information officers recognize they have to invest in digital transformation projects, according to a Gartner survey.

Gartner's 2014 survey of 2,800 CIOs found that 79 percent of spending will be under their purview, up slightly from a year ago. The upshot: Spending on digital innovation will be funded outside of the IT budget.

That finding highlights how IT budgets are moving to the line of business leaders over CIOs.

Gartner's findings rhyme with the results from Tech Pro Research's recent survey, which highlighted stable but not spectacular budget growth as well as spending moving to other executives outside of IT.

Given that budget vs. invest conundrum, CIOs are recognizing that their styles have to shift away from cautious easily-measurable projects to ones that focus less on costs and more on revenue generation. Among the key findings from Gartner:

75 percent of CIOs say they need to adapt their leadership style in the next three years

89 percent of CIOS said digitization of business has higher level of risk

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